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>Subject: RE: #6909 Quia materials for Spanish textbook
>Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:15:46 -0400
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My colleagues and I at Salem State reviewed the Quia workbook and lab manual
for Plazas (H&H) and were not overwhelmed by it. Although excited at first
by the possibility we soon came down to earth and came to the conclusion
that this new delivery method wasn't ready for prime time and that it was
probably more trouble than it was worth. We didn't see anything gained by
going with Quia as opposed to the paper and pencil method. At least not
enough to make up for what was lost and the trouble it created for
correcting or checking the work. I know this is just an impressionistic and
not well-documented answer but I offer it for what it's worth.
Jon
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Jon Aske
Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages:
http://www.salemstate.edu/languages/
Supervisor, Language Resource Center,
http://www.lrc.salemstate.edu
Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Mail: Foreign Languages / 352 Lafayette St. / Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 978-542-4358, Fax: 978-542-7215
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Web: http://www.lrc.salemstate.edu/aske/
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> --- Forwarded Message from Carroll Hightower
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> >Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:29:41 -0500 (CDT)
> >From: Carroll Hightower <[log in to unmask]>
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> >Subject: Quia materials for Spanish textbook
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>
> Hi, everyone! I wonder if any of y'all can help us out here. In our
> department we have been using the elementary Spanish textbook "Sabias
> que...?" (third edition) for some time now, along with workbook exercises
> in electronic format. Currently we are using Mallard to deliver these
> exercises via the Web to about 800 students of Spanish; now McGraw-Hill,
> the publisher of "Sabias que...?" plans to offer the materials in
> electronic workbook format through the Quia website. I am familiar with
> Quia as a site where you can design your own exercises, but was wondering
> if anyone else out there had any experience using textbook materials
> offered for purchase and use through Quia. Currently we run our own
> Mallard server on campus, and therefore can offer students a rapid
> response time to problems and issues. We wonder what it would be like to
> have these materials reside on an off-campus server, what Quia's support
> is like, about privacy issues, etc. Currently only one other McGraw-Hill
> textbook, "Vistazos," has a similar workbook offered through Quia. I'm
> also aware of a Heinle and Heinle book, "Plazas," that has accompanying
> Quia materials. I'd be interested in any experiences you could share with
> me. We want to ensure that our students have the best experience possible
> with these materials!
>
> Thanks so much in advance for your time,
>
> Carroll
>
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> Carroll Hightower
> Director
> Language Resource Center
> University of Mississippi
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> 662.915.6981
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